We knew M&Ms were all the same flavor, even though it's still fun to separate them, blues from browns, blue from red, etc. The same goes for Reese's Pieces, though it's just yellow, brown and orange.

But Froot Loops, those childhood stalwarts? Some of us figured this out through careful taste tests when we were seven. But for many, the revelation that those colorful Os are all the same flavor — um, sweet — was distasteful.

At least the Easter Bunny is real

Are you a Froot Loops fanatic? Or maybe more of a Cap'n Crunch partisan? (And remember when they were candidly called Sugar Smacks?) What cereal do you recall most fondly from your childhood? Let's reminisce together in the comments below.